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	==Modern Mathmos==		==Modern Mathmos==
	[[File:Mathmos at tradeshow.jpg\|thumb\|Mathmos, trade show in Birmingham, England, September 2011]]		[[File:Mathmos at tradeshow.jpg\|thumb\|Mathmos, trade show in Birmingham, England, September 2011]]
	Since 1999, and under the sole ownership of [[Cressida Granger]], Mathmos widened its product range whilst maintaining and building on the classic Mathmos lava lamp range.<ref>Features, [http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/sevendays/features/10198477.Meet_the_lady_of_the__lava__lamps/ Meet the lady of the (lava) lamps] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112133103/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/sevendays/features/10198477.Meet_the_lady_of_the__lava__lamps/ \|date=12 November 2013 }}, ''[[Bournemouth Daily Echo\|Daily Echo]]'', 2 February 2013</ref> Mathmos developed new products both in house with the Mathmos Design Studio and with a number of external designers such as [[Ross Lovegrove]], El Ultimo Grito, [[Studio Job]], and [[Sabine Marcelis]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Guardian, Space 27 April 2000 \|url=http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Skins/DigitalArchive/Client.asp?Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true&AppName=2&AW=1279195015181 \|url-status=~~live~~ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220100006/https://www.theguardian.com/info/2017/jun/26/how-to-access-guardian-and-observer-digital-archive \|archive-date=20 February 2021 \|access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Rising, Dancing, Twisting \|url=https://disegnojournal.com/newsfeed/mathmos-astro-lava-lamp-design-reviewed-3-wkpns \|access-date=2024-07-04 \|website=Disegno Journal \|language=en-GB}}</ref>		Since 1999, and under the sole ownership of [[Cressida Granger]], Mathmos widened its product range whilst maintaining and building on the classic Mathmos lava lamp range.<ref>Features, [http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/sevendays/features/10198477.Meet_the_lady_of_the__lava__lamps/ Meet the lady of the (lava) lamps] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112133103/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/sevendays/features/10198477.Meet_the_lady_of_the__lava__lamps/ \|date=12 November 2013 }}, ''[[Bournemouth Daily Echo\|Daily Echo]]'', 2 February 2013</ref> Mathmos developed new products both in house with the Mathmos Design Studio and with a number of external designers such as [[Ross Lovegrove]], El Ultimo Grito, [[Studio Job]], and [[Sabine Marcelis]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Guardian, Space 27 April 2000 \|url=http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Skins/DigitalArchive/Client.asp?Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true&AppName=2&AW=1279195015181 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220100006/https://www.theguardian.com/info/2017/jun/26/how-to-access-guardian-and-observer-digital-archive \|archive-date=20 February 2021 \|access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=Rising, Dancing, Twisting \|url=https://disegnojournal.com/newsfeed/mathmos-astro-lava-lamp-design-reviewed-3-wkpns \|access-date=2024-07-04 \|website=Disegno Journal \|language=en-GB}}</ref>

	New lines include a range of colour changing and rechargeable lights, several of which have won design awards.<ref>[http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/modern-retro/1113486.article# Design Week, Miriam Cadji, 30 August 2001, Modern Retro] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112142609/http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/modern-retro/1113486.article \|date=12 November 2013 }}. Subscription only</ref> Mathmos has recently turned its attention back to its classic British made lava lamp range <ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/jul/01/shopping \|title=The Guardian, Mil Millington, 1 July 2006 \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=July 2006 \|access-date=15 December 2016 \|archive-date=6 March 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306061156/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/jul/01/shopping \|url-status=live \|last1=Millington \|first1=Mil }}</ref> In 2013, it celebrated its 50th anniversary with a limited edition of the classic Astro by Christine Craven Walker, wife and business partner of the inventor. They also showed the biggest lava lamp in the world in [[London]]’s [[Southbank Centre]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/09/11/largest-lava-lamp/ \|title=Far out, man: world's largest lava lamp, Time Out, 11 September 2013 \|access-date=19 September 2013 \|archive-date=14 November 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114215536/http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/09/11/largest-lava-lamp/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine \|url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/09/lava-lamp-50/ \|title=Wired, Lava Lamp's 50 Years of Gooey Light by Roberto Baldwin, 9 March 2013 \|magazine=Wired \|access-date=9 March 2017 \|archive-date=8 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208044127/http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/09/lava-lamp-50 \|url-status=live \|last1=Baldwin \|first1=Roberto }}</ref>		New lines include a range of colour changing and rechargeable lights, several of which have won design awards.<ref>[http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/modern-retro/1113486.article# Design Week, Miriam Cadji, 30 August 2001, Modern Retro] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112142609/http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/modern-retro/1113486.article \|date=12 November 2013 }}. Subscription only</ref> Mathmos has recently turned its attention back to its classic British made lava lamp range <ref>{{Cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/jul/01/shopping \|title=The Guardian, Mil Millington, 1 July 2006 \|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=July 2006 \|access-date=15 December 2016 \|archive-date=6 March 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306061156/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/jul/01/shopping \|url-status=live \|last1=Millington \|first1=Mil }}</ref> In 2013, it celebrated its 50th anniversary with a limited edition of the classic Astro by Christine Craven Walker, wife and business partner of the inventor. They also showed the biggest lava lamp in the world in [[London]]’s [[Southbank Centre]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/><ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/09/11/largest-lava-lamp/ \|title=Far out, man: world's largest lava lamp, Time Out, 11 September 2013 \|access-date=19 September 2013 \|archive-date=14 November 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114215536/http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/09/11/largest-lava-lamp/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine \|url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/09/lava-lamp-50/ \|title=Wired, Lava Lamp's 50 Years of Gooey Light by Roberto Baldwin, 9 March 2013 \|magazine=Wired \|access-date=9 March 2017 \|archive-date=8 February 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208044127/http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/09/lava-lamp-50 \|url-status=live \|last1=Baldwin \|first1=Roberto }}</ref>

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{{Short description|British lighting products company}}
{{about|the British company|the fictional entity|Mathmos (fictional entity)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}
{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Mathmos Limited
| logo = Mathmos logo.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| former_name = {{Ubl
| Primedyke Imports & Exports Limited (July–September 1990)
| Crestworth Trading Limited (1990–1997)<ref name="CompaniesHouse" />
}}
| type =
| foundation = 1963
| founder = [[Edward Craven Walker]]
| location = [[Holton Heath|Poole]], [[Dorset]], United Kingdom
| key_people = {{Ubl
| [[Cressida Granger]]
| ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]])
}}
| industry = [[Lighting]]
| products = [[Lava lamp]]s, other lighting products
| homepage = {{URL|https://mathmos.com}}
}}

'''Mathmos Limited'''<ref name="CompaniesHouse">{{Cite web |date=1990-07-30 |title=MATHMOS LIMITED overview – Find and update company information – GOV.UK |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02526274 |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=[[Companies House]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Company Info. |url=https://mathmos.com/company-info/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |website=Mathmos UK |language=en-GB}}</ref> is a British [[Company (law)|company]] that sells [[lighting]] products, most famously the [[lava lamp]] invented by its founder [[Edward Craven Walker]]. It is headquartered in its factory in [[Poole]], [[Dorset]].

==Company history==

The Astro lamp, or [[lava lamp]], was invented around 1963 by Edward Craven Walker. It was adapted from a design for an egg timer spotted in a pub in Dorset, England. Edward and Christine Craven-Walker licensed the product to a number of overseas markets whilst continuing to manufacture for the European market themselves under the original name of the company, Crestworth.<ref>Melanie Rickey, [https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-material-world--light-of-our-lives-1326109.html The material world / Light of our lives] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925054611/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-material-world--light-of-our-lives-1326109.html |date=25 September 2015 }}, ''[[The Independent]]'', 27 January 1996</ref>
The rights to produce and sell the lamp on the American market for the duration of the patent were sold to Lava Simplex International, in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-material-world--light-of-our-lives-1326109.html |title=The Independent, Melanie Rickey, Saturday, 27 January 1996 The material world / Light of our lives |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925054611/http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/the-material-world--light-of-our-lives-1326109.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The American company has now closed the American factory and has the lava lamps made in China.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

In Europe Craven-Walker’s original lava lamp designs have been in continuous production since the early 1960s and are still made today by Mathmos in Poole, Dorset, UK. The Mathmos lava lamp formula developed initially by Craven-Walker in the 1960s and then improved with his help in the 1990s is still used.<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23754303 |title=Lava lamp creators mark 50 years of 1960s icon, BBC News, 30 August 2013 |work=BBC News |date=29 August 2013 |access-date=20 June 2018 |archive-date=3 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180603063815/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23754303 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Lava lamp sales by Mathmos have been through a number of ups and downs. After selling millions of lamps worldwide in the 1960s and 70s, they did not revive until the 1990s. In 1989, Cressida Granger and David Mulley took over the running of Walker's original company, Crestworth, situated in [[Poole]], [[Dorset]], and changed the name to Mathmos in 1992.<ref>Miranda Haines, [https://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/22/business/worldbusiness/22iht-lava.t.html "Lava Lamps Keep Firm Floating"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306064412/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/22/business/worldbusiness/22iht-lava.t.html |date=6 March 2016 }}, ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', 22 January 1996</ref>

The name Mathmos comes from the seething lake of energy resembling lava beneath city Sogo in the 1962 comic ''[[Barbarella (character)|Barbarella]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mathmos.com/icon.html|title=Mathmos Icon|website=mathmos.com|publisher=Mathmos|accessdate=11 April 2018|archive-date=11 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411174204/http://www.mathmos.com/icon.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 1990s re-launch of the original lava lamps saw sales grow strongly for Mathmos again from 10,000 lamps a year in 1989 to 800,000 lamps a year in 1999. Mathmos won two Queens Awards for Export and a number of other business awards.<ref name="londondesignfestival.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.londondesignfestival.com/events/mathmos-southbank-centre-shop-royal-festival-hall |title=Mathmos at Southbank Centre, The London Design Festival, September 2013 |access-date=19 September 2013 |archive-date=3 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103192803/http://www.londondesignfestival.com/events/mathmos-southbank-centre-shop-royal-festival-hall |url-status=dead }}</ref> Edward Craven-Walker remained a consultant and company director at Mathmos until his death in 2000.

==Modern Mathmos==
[[File:Mathmos at tradeshow.jpg|thumb|Mathmos, trade show in Birmingham, England, September 2011]]
Since 1999, and under the sole ownership of [[Cressida Granger]], Mathmos widened its product range whilst maintaining and building on the classic Mathmos lava lamp range.<ref>Features, [http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/sevendays/features/10198477.Meet_the_lady_of_the__lava__lamps/ Meet the lady of the (lava) lamps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112133103/http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/leisure/sevendays/features/10198477.Meet_the_lady_of_the__lava__lamps/ |date=12 November 2013 }}, ''[[Bournemouth Daily Echo|Daily Echo]]'', 2 February 2013</ref> Mathmos developed new products both in house with the Mathmos Design Studio and with a number of external designers such as [[Ross Lovegrove]], El Ultimo Grito, [[Studio Job]], and [[Sabine Marcelis]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Guardian, Space 27 April 2000 |url=http://archive.guardian.co.uk/Default/Skins/DigitalArchive/Client.asp?Skin=DigitalArchive&enter=true&AppName=2&AW=1279195015181 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220100006/https://www.theguardian.com/info/2017/jun/26/how-to-access-guardian-and-observer-digital-archive |archive-date=20 February 2021 |access-date=26 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rising, Dancing, Twisting |url=https://disegnojournal.com/newsfeed/mathmos-astro-lava-lamp-design-reviewed-3-wkpns |access-date=2024-07-04 |website=Disegno Journal |language=en-GB}}</ref>

New lines include a range of colour changing and rechargeable lights, several of which have won design awards.<ref>[http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/modern-retro/1113486.article# Design Week, Miriam Cadji, 30 August 2001, Modern Retro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112142609/http://www.designweek.co.uk/news/modern-retro/1113486.article |date=12 November 2013 }}. Subscription only</ref> Mathmos has recently turned its attention back to its classic British made lava lamp range <ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/jul/01/shopping |title=The Guardian, Mil Millington, 1 July 2006 |newspaper=The Guardian |date=July 2006 |access-date=15 December 2016 |archive-date=6 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306061156/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/jul/01/shopping |url-status=live |last1=Millington |first1=Mil }}</ref> In 2013, it celebrated its 50th anniversary with a limited edition of the classic Astro by Christine Craven Walker, wife and business partner of the inventor. They also showed the biggest lava lamp in the world in [[London]]’s [[Southbank Centre]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/09/11/largest-lava-lamp/ |title=Far out, man: world's largest lava lamp, Time Out, 11 September 2013 |access-date=19 September 2013 |archive-date=14 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131114215536/http://now-here-this.timeout.com/2013/09/11/largest-lava-lamp/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/09/lava-lamp-50/ |title=Wired, Lava Lamp's 50 Years of Gooey Light by Roberto Baldwin, 9 March 2013 |magazine=Wired |access-date=9 March 2017 |archive-date=8 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208044127/http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/09/lava-lamp-50 |url-status=live |last1=Baldwin |first1=Roberto }}</ref>

In 2016, Mathmos launched Neo, the first lava lamp tested for children and adults, and opened a “Special Projects” division offering giant bespoke lava lamps. The first one is in [[Selfridges]], London as part the new accessories department designed by [[David Chipperfield]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/23/selfridges-bags-london-revamp-oxford-street/ |title=The Guardian, Selfridges goes bigger... |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 November 2016 |access-date=6 December 2016 |archive-date=1 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201172851/https://www.theguardian.com/business/2016/nov/23/selfridges-bags-london-revamp-oxford-street |url-status=live |last1=Smithers |first1=Rebecca }}</ref>

In 2017 Mathmos launched Neo wall the only wall mounted lava lamp. Mathmos also launched their first limited edition collaboration with Liam Gallagher's fashion brand Pretty Green during London Design Week with a window in London’s [[Carnaby Street]].{{cn|date=January 2024}}

Mathmos celebrated the centenary of the birth of its founder and the inventor of the lava lamp Edward Craven Walker in 2018. Mathmos lava lamps appeared in a number of exhibitions including Pop & Protest and the Festival of Lights in [[Berlin]] that year. Mathmos also launched its second sell-out collaboration with Pretty Green and had a dedicated programme on its British production process as part of ITV's Made in Britain series.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

A new giant lava lamp iO was launched in 2019 the FIRST100 numbered edition selling out within hours. New candle powered lava lamps Pod and Pod + were also launched. The new lamps were photographed at Second Home co-working space in London Fields and in the iconic Barbican in London.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

In 2020 Mathmos teamed with [[Poole Museum]] as part of the Light Up Poole event. Showcasing its lava lamps in the windows and throughout the museum. Mathmos moved into a new larger factory in Poole just before lockdown and has stayed open through the Covid-19 pandemic working safely throughout.{{cn|date=January 2024}}

==Business and marketing awards==

*Queens Awards for Export 2000 and 1997<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/queens-awards-1997-winners-1268531.html |title=The Independent 21 April 1997 |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |access-date=4 September 2017 |archive-date=29 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629165219/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/queens-awards-1997-winners-1268531.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Fast Track 100 (3rd fastest growing manufacturer 1999)<ref>[http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbDetails.asp?siteID=1&compID=382&yr=1999 Fast Track 100] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302213339/http://www.fasttrack.co.uk/fasttrack/leagues/dbDetails.asp?siteID=1&compID=382&yr=1999 |date=2 March 2012 }}</ref>
*Yell Award best commercial website 1997<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/58649/NEW-MEDIA-London-grabs-top-prize-Yell-Awards/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH |title=Marketing Magazine, Derek Scanlon, 16 July 1998 NEW MEDIA: This Is London grabs top prize at Yell Awards |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=29 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229165959/http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/58649/NEW-MEDIA-London-grabs-top-prize-Yell-Awards/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Design Week Best Consumer website 1998

== Product design awards ==

*"Grito" lamp shade: Red Dot Award 2006<ref name=four />
*"Airswitch tc" light: Gift Magazine Design Homewares winner 2005.
*"Aduki" Design Week commendation 2003
*"Tumbler" light: Form 2001 award, Red Dot Award 2002, Design Week commendation 2002
*"Fluidium": Design Week finalist best consumer product 2001, FX Magazine finalist best lighting product 2000
*"Bubble" Light: Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) 2001,<ref name=four>{{Cite web |url=http://www.idsa.org/content/content1/bubble-light |title=I.D.S.A. |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=12 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112135927/http://www.idsa.org/content/content1/bubble-light |url-status=live }}</ref> D&AD commendation 2001, Red Dot Award 2001, Light Magazine Decorative Lighting Award 2001

== Exhibitions and design yearbooks ==

*Mathmos Vintage Lava Lamp Exhibition 2009 at London Design Festival<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.londondesignfestival.com/news/shoreditch-design-triangle-220909 |title=London Design Festival |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=12 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112134429/http://www.londondesignfestival.com/news/shoreditch-design-triangle-220909 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*"Astro" Design Icons Exhibition Harrods & Design Museum 2008
*"Telstar" Space Age, Museum of Childhood 2007<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vam.ac.uk/files/file_upload/45207_file.pdf |title=V&A Museum |access-date=26 July 2010 |archive-date=9 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110109002037/http://www.vam.ac.uk/files/file_upload/45207_file.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
*"bubble, Airswitch tc, aduki ni, grito" all in the V&A permanent collection from 2006<ref>{{cite web|title=V&A Museum|url=https://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?listing_type=&offset=0&limit=15&narrow=&q=mathmos&commit=Search&quality=0&objectnamesearch=&placesearch=&after=&after-adbc=AD&before=&before-adbc=AD&namesearch=&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationsearch|access-date=20 July 2018|archive-date=10 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810030009/http://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?listing_type=&offset=0&limit=15&narrow=&q=mathmos&commit=Search&quality=0&objectnamesearch=&placesearch=&after=&after-adbc=AD&before=&before-adbc=AD&namesearch=&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationsearch|url-status=live}}</ref>
*"Airswitch tc" V&A "Touch Me" exhibition spring 2005
*"Fluidium" "Blobjects and Beyond" San Jose Museum of Art 2005
*‘bubble" Great Expectations Exhibition Design Council 2003
*"Aduki" light: International Design Year Book 2003
*"Tumbler" International Design Year Book 2002.
*"Bubble" "Skin" exhibition at Cooper Hewitt Museum New York 2001
*"bubble" Design Council exhibition New York 2002, International Design Year Book 2001
*50th Birthday Exhibition at The Royal Festival Hall London September 2013 <ref name="londondesignfestival.com"/>
*Launch of 50th Birthday limited edition Astro at Aria, Islington, London; September 2013
*Astro displayed at The Geffrye Museum London as part of The London Design Festival
*Mathmos Lava Lamps Poole Museum as part of Light Up Poole 2020 >
*“Astro Lava Lamp” at Pop & Protest Exhibition at Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg 2019

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303214219/http://www.thesundaytimes.co.uk/sto/style/homes_and_gardens/article30267.ece The Sunday Times, Hugh Pearman, 23 November 2003, Design Classics – Lava Lamp]. Subscription only.
* [https://www.mkg-hamburg.de/en/exhibitions/archive/6076/68-pop-and-protest.html MKG Hamburg, 68 Pop and Protest]
* [https://lightuppoole.co.uk/g5-mathmos-lava-lamp-trail-and-lounge/ Light Up Poole, Digital Light Art Festival]

==External links==
* http://www.mathmos.co.uk
* [http://www.mathmos.com/Our-story.html Mathmos Company History]
* [http://www.mathmos.com/contact-mathmos.html Mathmos Locations]
* [https://www.mathmos.com/Mathmos_Timeline_1963_to_date.html Mathmos Timeline]

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